CompuServe Messages

Brian: I agree with you. I just looked in my libs: directory, and it too was over a meg! Actually there were more than 70 files in there! There are many of those files that make sense (like a few that are for specific hardware like the fc24.library or xspecs.library, mimetics.library) so that others can program their devices, but the majority of them could/should be combined into one library. For example, why the need for all those rexx libraries, there should be ONE arexx.library, or the math libraries, there should be only one of those. Ideally there'd be several actual math.library files, and depending on what hardware you had in the system would depend on which one you'd use (have one for no FPU, one for a 68882 FPU, and one for a 68040's FPU emulation). They'd all be called the same thing, and other programs could then call the library without the parent program knowing (or needing to know) what hardware the system had. If the system has better hardware, the system will run faster, but if not the user could still use the stuff, only slower. -Mike Schiller In sunny Fort Lauderdale